This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasker2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/19002.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not related to any member of this family. 1940 is the last available census at this time. 1900 - Name: William Maschke Age: 37 Birth Date: Oct 1862 Birthplace: Germany Home in 1900: Springwells, Wayne, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1890 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Bertha Maschke Marriage Year: 1888 Years Married: 12 Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Occupation: William Maschke 37, 10/62 GER - immigrated 1890 Bertha Maschke 31, 7/68 GER - 6 children, immigrated 1890 Lena Maschke 11, 8/88 GER - immigrated 1890 Amiel Maschke 10, 5/90 GER - immigrated 1890 Hattie Maschke 8, 3/92 MI William Maschke 5, 9/94 MI Ella Maschke 4, 12/95 MI Ida Maschke 1, 3/99 GER It's not likely you will find the info that you are seeking for these reasons - Census records do not record the specific locality of a person's bith. And as you have discovered deth cers. do the same. Any record that you may receive will be writter in either German, possibly Polish, or even Russian. As you know from history Europe has been through several wars and many cities were destroyed includung churches, city halls, etc. This would be the records also. After each war the boundary of each country was adjusted and cities were renamed depending where the boundary landed. For William - what is the boundary of West Prussia at the time of his birth??? You have gone as far as possiblr. 1910 - Name: William Meachke [William Maschke] Age in 1910: 64 [should be 47/48] Birth Year: abt 1846 [1846] Birthplace: Germany Home in 1910: Detroit Ward 18, Wayne, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1870 Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Marital Status: Married = 20 Spouse's Name: Bertha Maschke Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany William Meachke 64, BER Bertha Maschke 42, GER - 10 children & 9 living Hattie Maschke 18, MI William Maschke 16, MI Ella Maschke 13, MI Ida Maschke 11, MI Walter Maschke 9, MI Lillian Maschke 5, MI Arthur Maschke 2, MI 1920 - Name: William Maschke [William Mosckke] [William Masckke] Age: 52 Birth Year: abt 1868 Birthplace: Germany Home in 1920: Detroit Ward 20, Wayne, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1888 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Bertha Maschke Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Home owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes William Maschke 52, GER Bertha Maschke 51, GER William Maschke 25, MI Ida Maschke 20, MI Walter Maschke 18, MI Lillian Maschke 15, MI Arthur Maschke 12, MI 1930 - Name: Bertha Meachke [Bertha Maschke] [Bertha Meschke] Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Germany Race: White Home in 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan View Map Marital Status: Widowed Immigration Year: 1887 Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Occupation: Bertha Meachke 61, GER Bertha Meschke 24, MI Arthur Meschke 21, MI Cem. death record - Bertha Maschke Birth: 1868 Death: 1952 Family links: Parents: Wilhelm Schlopat (1842 - 1906) Freidricke Schlopat (1834 - 1915) Spouse: William Maschke (1862 - 1929) Inscription: MOTHER Burial: Woodmere Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan, USA Plot: Section A1 cem. record - William Maschke Birth: 1862 Death: 1929 Family links: Spouse: Bertha Maschke (1868 - 1952) Inscription: FATHER Burial: Woodmere Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan, USA Plot: Section A1 Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 and 1954-1957 about Wilh Marschke Name: Wilh Marschke [Wilhelm Maschke] Arrival Date: 7 Nov 1890 Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Gender: Male Race: Prussian (German) Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Ship Name: Nurnberg Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.